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Saturday, 30 December 2017

I'm writing this post surrounded by cold and flu tablets, cough medicine, tissues, honey and lemon, and I've been in my PJs all day feeling sorry for myself.

But I wanted to come back and share another of this year's Christmas cards before the year is out! And this is another that was made to order.

On a panel of white cardstock I masked a vertical strip and began by stamping and heat embossing a few snowflakes in white. I then used the emboss resist technique and blended three colours of Distress Ink over the top. I then stamped a few more snowflakes in pigment inks and splattered some shimmer using a mix of mica powder and water. The shimmery splatters can be seen better below.

I removed the masks and stamped the 'Merry Christmas', and then heat embossed 'Sister' in silver and die cut with it's co-ordinating die. The panel was then popped up on fun foam.

Thursday, 28 December 2017

Another Christmas card for you! This one was made for a friend to give to my brother and sister-in-law. They love nature, particularly birds, so I chose to create these cute little robins, together with winter hats!

I started by stamping the hats and then masked them to stamp the birds which are from a builder stamp set. I coloured the hats with ProMarkers. The birds were then fussy cut. On a panel of pale blue cardstock I stamped the branch and the sentiment, and then masked these before spreading some Nuvo glimmer paste through a snowflake stencil. The robins were then popped up on 3D foam.

I'm now not feeling very festive after returning to work today but I'm back this evening and yes, you've guessed it...I'm still sharing this year's Christmas cards!

This is the card I made for my boyfriend...

This was super easy to make. I first stamped the mice then die cut them with a stitched circle die. I then stamped the sentiment below and the mistletoe above, as it was easier to position once the circle was cut. The images were then coloured with ProMarkers. I adhered a panel of deep red cardstock to the card base then popped the circle up on 3D foam. I finished by adding a little Glossy Accents to the mistletoe berries, which can be seen better below.

Wednesday, 27 December 2017

Back this time with a card I made for an order. For this one I went with some traditional winter foliage stamps.

I stamped all the foliage first, directly on the card base with a little masking for the pine cone. I then stamped the Merry Christmas and embossed in gold, and did the same with the die cut sentiment strip, embossed in gold on red cardstock.

This is another batch I mass produced when I realised I had nowhere near the number I needed to send. I loved the previous wreath card I made, here, but the inlaid die was far too fiddly for mass production so I changed up the design a little.

I made thirty of these in total!

This was all purely stamped apart from the gold die cut bow. The wreath is a layered stamping set so I stamped the pale green followed by the mid green, then the berries and holly leaves were stamped using the little builder stamps from the same set. I simply stamped the two part sentiment in gold pigment ink and finished with a bow die cut from some gold cardstock. Super speedy and easy with the MISTI!

Tuesday, 26 December 2017

I hope you all had a super day yesterday with your nearest and dearest.

I still have a few Christmas cards to share so will continue to post these over the next few days.

First up are some multiples of the same design which I mass produced when I realised I still didn't have enough in my stash (happens every year! lol). These cards use some beautiful Christmas stamps from Uniko.

I made twenty cards in total, five of each design/colourway. The MISTI was my best friend when making these!

I started by stamping the pine needles, blended with two different shades of green. Next I stamped the baubles, each sentiment in a different colour. The bows and bauble toppers were then stamped in either bronze or silver, and I then hand drew the string and tie. I added some glue with a Quickie Glue pen to the pine needles and then accented them all with some fine glitter, although this hasn't really been captured in the photos. You can just about see it in the photos of the red and purple versions. They were really sparkly!

I hope you all have a lovely Boxing Day today, I'm off to see my boyfriend's parents this afternoon. Then one more day off before I'm back to work on Thursday. Thanks as always for your visits and lovely supportive comments, I appreciate them all!

Sunday, 24 December 2017

Yes, I'm back with another light up card! This time, using a red LED for Rudolph's nose, and a card I sent to my bestie.

On the front panel I started with a mask across the bottom and created a gentle blend with blue Distress Ink and stamped the trees with the mask still in place. I then stamped the sentiment and Rudolph, and coloured him with coloured pencils. I pierced a hole through his nose and then made a circuit on the card base using a red LED sticker. For this one the trees were the trigger for the battery. There are lots of videos on YouTube explaining these light circuits, just search for 'Chibitronics'.

I'm having a relaxing day at home today so thought I'd share some more of my recent Christmas makes.

At the Happy Little Stampers Craft Retreat we had great fun making light up cards. I've shared two previous one here and here.

This is the card I made for my good friend and fabulous teamie at Less is More, Sarah of Sazzle Dazzle Crafts. I was really pleased with it and I know she loved it too.

I started on a panel of white cardstock and, using a piece of scrap paper cut with a curve, I masked and blended the ombre sky at the top of the panel. I shifted the paper down just a fraction (about 1mm to allow for the stamp meeting the mask) and then stamped the trees using deep blue pigment ink in first and second generation stamping to create some depth and distance. I removed the mask, blended a little more ink where the deer would be positioned and then stamped the deer and sentiment in black. I then stamped and heat embossed the star in silver. I pierced a hole through the star (which you can see in the photo below) and then marked through with a pencil onto the card base so I knew where to place the LED and also marked out where the battery would be placed, behind the sentiment. There are lots of videos on YouTube to show how to create light-up cards, just search for 'Chibitronics'.

Once I'd created the circuit and surrounded the LED and battery with foam, the panel was popped onto the front. Here is a pic of the card not lit up.

Saturday, 23 December 2017

Next up is, yes you've guessed it, another card I made at the retreat last month. I was on a roll!

And another using the partial die cutting technique, but this time the panel was mounted onto the card base rather than being cut direct from the card base.

I partial die cut the poinsettia from a panel of white cardstock and then trimmed off the excess horizontally. I then stamped the co-ordinating poinsettia in VersaMark and heat embossed in silver. I also heat embossed the sentiment in silver. I adhered the panel to a card base to which I'd already adhered a panel of black cardstock. I then added some red Stickles to the centre of the flower to finish. The embossing is a little clearer in the next photo.

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I'm Anita, welcome to my blog. I love being creative and have been making cards since about 2005. Neet & Crafty is my little online place to share my creations with you and I hope you will find some inspiration.

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